Livia Brito

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Livia Brito Pestana (born July 21, 1986 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-Mexican actress. Livia debuted in Televisa's telenovelas, starting in Triunfo del amor and later Abismo de pasión.

Biography

The daughter of Rolando Brito and Gertrudis Pestana, Livia Brito Pestana and her family immigrated to Mexico in the year 2000. Brito was between 12 and 13 years of age at the time. A year after settling in Mexico City, her father opened a restaurant called La Cubana, which offered traditional Cuban dishes. Brito worked as a waitress at the family restaurant, and later as a model, to help pay for her studies in Business Administration.^[1] She represented Mexico in the 2009 edition of the Reina Mundial del Banano, finishing as first runner-up and awarded Miss Photogenic.^[2] She later enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). Her talents attributed to heredity, coming from an artistic family. Her father was a leading actor in Cuba, while her mother was a major ballet dancer.

Personal life

Livia had a relationship with Colombian salsa singer Danny Frank.^[3] In May 2012, it was confirmed that she had been in an intimate relationship with Salvador Zerboni while taping episodes of Abismo de pasión,^[4][5] despite denying that fact in April.^[6][7][8]

Career

In 2010, she made her debut as "Fernanda Sandoval Gutierrez" in Triunfo del amor, produced by Salvador Mejía.^[9] As of 2012, she is starring (supporting role) as "Paloma Gonzalez" in Abismo de pasión, produced by Angeli Nesma Medina.^[10][11]

Telenovelas

• Triunfo del amor (2010–2011) - Fernanda "Fer" Sandoval Gutierrez
• Abismo de pasión (2012) - Paloma Gonzalez^[12]

Awards and nominations